Thursday Conundrum

These 7 clues actually point to 7 not-so-well-known works in
literature. Once you have one or more of these 7 answers, only use
their literal names for the final connect. Cause these 7 answers
actually lead to 7 literary works that share a thread of commonality.
You need to zero in on that connect.

1) X is a privately owned island off the northeast coast of New
Zealand's Great Barrier Island. Name X (6,6)
2) You would probably call Jim Carrey one (4)
3) David Beckham's last minute magical effort against Greece in the
2002 World Cup Qualifiers (9)
4) Adobe's online content player + Nichloas Cage biking movie - Demi
Moore's spooky romance? = (9,5)
5) In the comic world, this was the world's first single-person
space-rocket. It was developed by Professor Emery Zackro in 1951. If
you had more than one of them, they would be called these in plural.
(9)
6) A computer adventure game created by Interplay Productions in 1988
that went on to become a cult classic. Name it. (11)
7) The CERN's LHC experiment is probably used for this (9) + Deepika's
specialist (5) = (9,5)